Who counts as a "middle power"? @carlbildt suggests that it is any country that must rely primarily on soft power to advance its interests. project-syndicate.org/commen…

The role of Navi Pillay, this year's Nobel Peace Prize winner, in finding that Israel’s actions in Gaza constitute genocide is a reflection of her life’s work supporting the downtrodden, @UPTuks’s Adekeye Adebajo argues. project-syndicate.org/commen…

Ambroise Fayolle touts the cost savings and economic opportunities implied by a new approach to infrastructure investment. project-syndicate.org/commen…

Janis A. Emmanouilidis urges the pro-EU camp to prepare for the far right’s efforts to hollow out the bloc from within. project-syndicate.org/commen…

Many seem to assume that AI will favor whichever government has the largest model or the most data. But the real advantage lies with governments that can retain what they learn, Christopher A. Pissarides and @WhiteshieldP's Fadi Farra argue. project-syndicate.org/commen…

AI is being sold as a profit-making tool, as a source of cheap, hyper-efficient cognitive labor. Any morality introduced after the fact is mere window dressing, Richard Sherwin warns. project-syndicate.org/commen…

.@sgyemikale (@Afreximbank) lays out a trade and industrialization agenda for Africa, which would go a long way toward improving the continent's ability to cope with external shocks. bit.ly/4z3aTFz

Mary Robinson explains why it is essential to invest in protecting 30% of the world's land and ocean by 2030. project-syndicate.org/commen…

Journalists and opposition figures in some African countries have described altering travel routes and patterns of assembly in response to smart-city surveillance tools whose full capabilities remain unknown, @cipesaug’s Wairagala Wakabi notes. bit.ly/4sl8OT4

Financial markets celebrated @FlavioBolsonaro’s first-round performance in Brazil’s presidential elections. But a stock-market rally is no guarantee of economic stability, write @usponline’s @lauraabcarvalho and Columbia’s @JosephEStiglitz. project-syndicate.org/commen…

Instead of loudly condemning US violations of Mexico's sovereignty, @Claudiashein's government should deprive @realDonaldTrump of a pretext to commit them, advises Guillermo Ortiz (@GroupofThirty). project-syndicate.org/commen…

Jeremy Adelman sees much misery in a country that is supposedly experiencing a robust, free-market recovery. project-syndicate.org/commen…

Businesses are prepared to invest much more in Europe, noted @LarsSandahlS (@DanskIndustri) at our latest event, “Reinventing Europe.” But they will not do so until Europe creates more favorable conditions for innovation. #PSEvents Watch the full session at the link: bit.ly/3WzIc4D

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Fulfilling the @ilo’s promise requires a global effort to create an enabling environment for all workers and their organizations to organize and bargain collectively, at home, across borders, and down supply chains, Jeffrey Vogt and Monika Mehta explain. project-syndicate.org/commen…

Despite the rise of far-right parties, the EU and Canada remain well-positioned to offer an alternative model of democratic cooperation, argues @alemannoEU in conversation with Samuel Dempsey. By tackling shared security and economic challenges, they could build political support across ideological divides. Read his full piece ‘‘An EU–Canada Partnership Against Coercion’’ here: bit.ly/46O4MbS

In their preoccupation with high public debt, rising bond yields, and dizzying AI valuations, investors have seemingly forgotten the supply shocks shaping the underlying inflation outlook, argues @skalemliozcan. project-syndicate.org/commen…

Whatever those in Moscow or Washington tell themselves, the fact is that the world has changed. There are no superpowers any longer, @carlbildt observes. project-syndicate.org/commen…

Europe’s tech future depends on unlocking private investment and venture capital, argued @J_Dijsselbloem at our recent event, “Reinventing Europe.” #PSEvents Watch his full keynote at the link: bit.ly/4k31IAi

If @SecRubio’s goal is to save Western civilization and maintain its dominance, international relations becomes a zero-sum game, @eliamepgr’s Loukas Tsoukalis argues. project-syndicate.org/commen…